AaS! 36: What is the Cosmic Microwave Background? (Part 1)

What is the cosmic microwave background? How was it discovered? What did it have to do with the great debate between Big Bang theory and the Steady State model? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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